WAQP

WAQP
Saginaw/Bay City/Flint, Michigan; United States
City	Saginaw, Michigan
Channels	Digital: 36 (UHF); Virtual: 49
Branding	TCT
Programming
Affiliations	49.1: TCT; 49.2: SBN; 49.3: TheGrio; 49.4: Laff; 49.5: Ion Mystery; 49.6: Grit; 49.7: Defy TV; 49.8: TrueReal; 49.9: Newsy; 49.10: Digi-TV
Ownership
Owner	Tri-State Christian Television ; (TCT of Michigan, Inc.)
Sister stations	WTLJ
History
First air date	March 26, 1985 (36 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 49 (UHF, 1985–2009); Digital:; 48 (UHF, 2006–2020)
Former affiliations	TBN (1985–2007)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	67792
Class	DT
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	287 m (942 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°13′18″N 84°3′14″W / 43.22167°N 84.05389°W
Links
Public license information	Profile; LMS
Website	www.tct.tv

WAQP, virtual channel 49 (UHF digital channel 36), is a Tri-State Christian Television (TCT) owned-and-operated station licensed to Saginaw, Michigan, United States, and serving the Flint/Tri-Cities television market. The station's transmitter is located near Chesaning, Michigan.

Technical information[]

Subchannels[]

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	Short name	Programming^[1]
49.1	1080i	16:9	WAQP HD	TCT
49.2	480i	4:3	SBN	SBN
49.3		4:3	TheGrio	TheGrio
49.4		16:9	LAFF	Laff
49.5			CrtMyst	Ion Mystery
49.6			Grit	Grit
49.7			Defy	Defy TV
49.8			TrReal	TrueReal
49.9			Newsy	Newsy^[2]
49.10			Digi-TV	Digi-TV^[3]

Analog-to-digital conversion[]

WAQP discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 49, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 48,^[4]^[5] using PSIP to display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 49. Its physical channel was later moved to 36.

Translators[]

WAQP previously operated a rebroadcaster on channel 27 in Lansing, which uses the callsign WLNM-LD. That channel was originally W69BJ channel 69, but it relocated to channel 27 as W27CN in November 2003. Since July 2009, WLNM-LD has been broadcasting in digital-only format. The WLNM-LD digital broadcast uses the station's former analog channel 27 number, both in actual channel designation and via PSIP display, and mirrors the main WAQP broadcast. On February 14, 2020, TCT agreed to sell WLNM-LD to Gray Television for $175,000;^[6] the sale, which was completed on May 1,^[7] includes a lease agreement allowing TCT to program a WLNM subchannel for five years after closing (it was placed on the station's seventh subchannel).^[8] WLNM-LD now operates as a translator of NBC affiliate WILX-TV (channel 10), and WILX-DT7 also carries TCT throughout the entire market as a side effect of the transaction.

WAQP also originally had a repeater serving Jackson, W59CA channel 59, which was relocated to Ann Arbor in November 2000 and renamed "W27CJ" channel 27, repeating a low-powered TCT station in Detroit, WDWO-CD. In October 2007, W27CJ was sold to SMG Media Group for $80,000, with the intent on operating the channel as "WFHD-LP"; that station, however, would soon go silent altogether.

References[]

^ "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info.
^ "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info.
^ "Find Digi | Digi TV". www.watchdigitv.com.
^ "FCC.gov - Appendix B: All Full Power Television Stations by DMA, Indicating Those Terminating Analog Service on or before February 17, 2009" (PDF).
^ "CDBS Print". licensing.fcc.gov.
^ "Application for Transfer of Control of a Corporate Licensee or Permittee, or for Assignment of License or Permit of TV or FM Translator Station or Low-Power Television Station". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
^ "CDBS Print". licensing.fcc.gov.
^ Digital Sub-Channel Lease Agreement

External links[]

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[1] "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info.

[2] "RabbitEars.Info". www.rabbitears.info.

[3] "Find Digi | Digi TV". www.watchdigitv.com.

[4] "FCC.gov - Appendix B: All Full Power Television Stations by DMA, Indicating Those Terminating Analog Service on or before February 17, 2009" (PDF).

[FCCForm387-5] "CDBS Print". licensing.fcc.gov.

[wlnmtogray-6] "Application for Transfer of Control of a Corporate Licensee or Permittee, or for Assignment of License or Permit of TV or FM Translator Station or Low-Power Television Station". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.

[7] "CDBS Print". licensing.fcc.gov.

[8] Digital Sub-Channel Lease Agreement

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